South Africa vs Australia, WTC Final: The final match of the World Test Championship is being played between South Africa and Australia at Lord’s, England. Australia has succumbed to the first session of the title match. South African bowlers are wreaking havoc. Till lunch, Australia has lost 4 wickets on a score of just 67.

After winning the toss, South Africa has moved towards the trophy to bowl first. Marco Yansen and Kagiso Rabada are flying fire. Both have proved the decision of captain Tamba Bavuma to bowl first. By lunch, both star bowlers have sent two Australian batsmen back to the pavilion.

Usman Khwaja could not open the account even after playing 20 balls for Australia. He was dismissed for zero. Khwaja was caught by Kagiso Rabada in slip. Then Cameron Green, who came at number three, could not stand at the crease for a long time. Green was dismissed for four runs in three balls. Rabada also sent Green to the pavilion.

After falling two wickets for 16 runs, Marnas Labushen and Steve Smith stood. Kangaroo fans had high expectations from these two veterans. But Yanseen dashed everyone’s expectations. Labushen was dismissed by scoring 17 runs and then Travis Head went on scoring 11 runs. Both were dismissed by Marco Yansen.

The pitch is getting help to the fast bowlers. In such a situation, it is very difficult for Australian batsmen to play South African bowlers. However, Steve Smith remains a rock at one end. Steve Smith is unbeaten on 51 balls for lunch. He has hit 5 fours. Now the beauty webster will come. After this, wicketkeeper Alex Carry is also left. After this, there will be no specialist batsman. In such a situation, Smith will have to cross the team.

Wtc prize money in rupees: The final of the World Test Championship 2023-25 ​​will be played between Australia and South Africa. This title will start from June 11 at the historic ground of Lord’s. Australia is the defending champion, which defeated India by 209 runs in the final of 2023, on the other hand South Africa has reached the finals for the first time. The ICC has announced the bumper prize money for the winner. Know here how much money the champion team will get, while the third place Team India will also rain money or not?

How much prize money to the champion?

The ICC has placed a very large prize pool for WTC 2023-25, which has doubled from last time. The winner is going to get a bumper prize money of Rs 30.79 crore. Remind you that the winner of 2023 Australia received a prize money of about Rs 13.2 crore. The team that loses in the World Test Championship final is also going to come out of silver. The runner -up team is going to get a prize money of about Rs 18.47 crore.

Will there be a rain of money on Team India too?

The Indian team has played both 2021 and 2023 WTC finals, where it lost to New Zealand and Australia respectively. Team India lost 8 wickets at the hands of New Zealand in the final of 2021 and 209 runs against Australia in the final in 2023. This time Team India had to be satisfied with the third place. The Indian team is also going to get Rs 12.32 crore to finish third.

New Zealand, who finished fourth and England team, who finished fifth, is also going to get a lot of money. Even Pakistan, who finished 9th and last, is going to get a prize money of 4.1 crore Indian rupees.

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Wtc 2025 final prize money: The final of the World Test Championship will be played between 11–15 June between Australia and South Africa. Australia is the defending champion, while South Africa will field for the first time with the dream of winning the title. The International Cricket Council (ICC) recently announced the prize money for the World Test Championship 2025. Only the winners and runners -up are going to get a prize money of Rs 49.24 crore in total, but there are teams including India and Pakistan who are going to take 53 crore rupees home without playing finals.

53 crores without playing final

A total of 9 teams were playing in the cycle of the World Test Championship 2023-25. On the one hand, 49.24 crore rupees will be distributed in both the finalist teams, on the other hand other seven teams are also going to get crores of rupees as reward. India, who finished third, will get an amount of Rs 12.31 crore, while the winner of WTC 2021 final New Zealand will get Rs 10.26 crore to stay fourth.

ICC has also become kind to other countries including England and West Indies. Even the laggard Pakistan is going to get 4.1 crore rupees to finish ninth. In fact, except for the finalist teams, the remaining 7 teams are going to get a total reward of Rs 53.33 crore without playing the final. Let us know that this time the prize pool of the World Test Championship has been kept more than Rs 102 crore.

Countries that win WTC so far

The World Test Championship was inaugurated in 2019 and the WTC final is played every 2 years. The first final was played in 2021, where New Zealand won the title by defeating India by 8 wickets. At the same time, Team India also made it to the finals of 2023 and this time it faced Australia. This time the Kangaroos had crushed India by 209 runs. This time the final will be played between Australia and South Africa.

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